Shloka 130

युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya

Devanagari script

ईप्सिताल्लँभते कामानुपवासान्न संशय: । ततस्तु वामनं गत्वा सर्वपापप्रमोचनम्‌

Transliteration

īpsitāl labhate kāmān upavāsān na saṁśayaḥ | tataḥ tu vāmanaṁ gatvā sarvapāpapramocanam ||

Translation

ଘୂଲସ୍ତ୍ୟ କହିଲେ—ଉପବାସ କଲେ ମନୁଷ୍ୟ ନିଶ୍ଚୟ ଇପ୍ସିତ କାମନା ପାଏ; ଏଥିରେ ସନ୍ଦେହ ନାହିଁ। ତାପରେ ସର୍ବପାପପ୍ରମୋଚନ ବାମନ-ତୀର୍ଥକୁ ଯାଇ ଆଗକୁ ତୀର୍ଥଯାତ୍ରା ଜାରି ରଖିବା ଉଚିତ।

Word by Word

• ईप्सितात्: from the desired (object/goal)
• ईप्सितात्: Apadana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईप्सित (इप्सित)
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• कामान्: desired objects/wishes
• कामान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• उपवासात्: from fasting
• उपवासात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपवास
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: then/thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• वामनम्: Vāmana (name/place/person)
• वामनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गत्वा: having gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• सर्वपापप्रमोचनम्: the remover of all sins
• सर्वपापप्रमोचनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वपापप्रमोचन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ghūlastya
• Upavāsa (fasting)
• Vāmana-tīrtha

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Religious discipline—especially fasting—combined with pilgrimage to purifying sacred sites is presented as a reliable means to fulfill worthy aims and to cleanse moral faults; the verse underscores certainty (na saṁśayaḥ) in the efficacy of such dharmic observances.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker (Ghūlastya) is describing the fruits of specific vows and pilgrimage steps: first the assured benefit of fasting for attaining desired outcomes, and then the instruction to proceed to Vāmana-tīrtha, characterized as a place that removes all sins.